Jack D. Furst - Guest Speaker

Jack is a distinguished private equity investor. Jack is an Adjunct Professor at The University of North Texas and The University of Texas at Dallas where he teaches investments. He has over 33 years of private investment experience completing over $50 billion in transactions which resulted in attractive returns for investors. He received his BS degree from Arizona State University and his MBA degree The University of Texas at Austin.

Jack serves on the board of directors for several companies. He also serves as an executive board member of Circle Ten Council, BSA (Dallas), an executive board member and officer of Boy Scouts of America (National Council), a lifetime member of Mc Comb's School of Business Advisory Council at The University of Texas at Austin. Jack is a 1998 Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He was inducted into W. P. Carey School of Business Hall of Fame at Arizona State University in 1999. Jack is also the recipient of the 2003 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award and W.P. Carey School of Business 2008 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. Recently, Jack was honored as Arizona State University’s Philanthropist of the Year 2017.